Close
  • Latest News
  • Big Data and Analytics
  • Cloud
  • Networking
  • Cybersecurity
  • Applications
  • IT Management
  • Storage
  • Sponsored
  • Mobile
  • Small Business
  • Development
  • Database
  • Servers
  • Android
  • Apple
  • Innovation
  • Blogs
  • PC Hardware
  • Reviews
  • Search Engines
  • Virtualization
Read Down
Sign in
Close
Welcome!Log into your account
Forgot your password?
Read Down
Password recovery
Recover your password
Close
Search
Logo
Logo
  • Latest News
  • Big Data and Analytics
  • Cloud
  • Networking
  • Cybersecurity
  • Applications
  • IT Management
  • Storage
  • Sponsored
  • Mobile
  • Small Business
  • Development
  • Database
  • Servers
  • Android
  • Apple
  • Innovation
  • Blogs
  • PC Hardware
  • Reviews
  • Search Engines
  • Virtualization
More
    Home Latest News
    • Small Business

    Hybrid IT Deployments Grow, Despite Security Worries

    By
    Nathan Eddy
    -
    December 18, 2014
    Share
    Facebook
    Twitter
    Linkedin
      hybrid IT and sciencelogic

      There has been a significant increase in the number or companies leveraging hybrid IT – or the ability to burst to the public cloud to meet fluctuating computing and business requirements, according to a survey of 1,200 global organizations from IT monitoring software provider ScienceLogic.

      The survey also revealed that while adoption is exploding and investment increasing, most enterprises are unable to monitor and control the accompanying sprawl, lack hybrid IT management skills, and do not have proper visibility into their clouds – all resulting in significant infrastructure availability and performance risk.

      In addition, the study found 81 percent of companies are using public clouds today, to establish a hybrid environment, but one of every three enterprises report that they don’t have the capacity today to monitor their hybrid infrastructures.

      “Most business will need to initially migrate part of their IT to the public cloud, in order to become hybrid,” Yama Habibzai, chief marketing officer for ScienceLogic, told eWeek. “During the migration process, they need to make sure that data is not lost, along the way and that they have a safe migration. Because many of the securities may get set up after the migration, it is critical to protect the data during the migration.”

      One out of three said they are not adequately trained and skilled to manage hybrid environments, and a third of companies using public clouds now have more than 25 percent of all IT resources in the cloud.

      Around three-quarters (72 percent of those companies using public clouds expect to increase their cloud spending over the next year and 62 percent of all companies using public clouds reported not having cloud monitoring plans in place.

      “Hybrid IT will not be just a public cloud and private cloud – it will be between multi-clouds. We are already seeing organizations who have a private cloud, but their public cloud resources are distributed between AWS, Azure, VMware, Google and others,” Habibzai said. “The future will a multi-cloud world. Even today, CIO’s underestimate the number of cloud based applications running in their environments. Usually its a 10-fold increase compared to what is assumed. And those verities of applications will run in a verity of clouds.”

      Just one in four respondents reported that they were successfully monitoring their cloud resources, and 40 percent of companies using public clouds today do not know what corporate assets are currently residing in the cloud.

      In addition, 42 percent of companies using public clouds today believe that there is greater risk in public versus private clouds.

      “There needs to be greater visibility for organization of their workloads in the public clouds. They need to have more control of those resources, and they need trust the systems more,” Habibzai explained. “Hybrid IT is not just about pure IT cost control, but a business need to be focused on efficiency, uptime and the speed at which problems are resolved, which all lead to more revenue and less cost of running IT.”

      Nathan Eddy
      A graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, Nathan was perviously the editor of gaming industry newsletter FierceGameBiz and has written for various consumer and tech publications including Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, CRN, and The Times of London. Currently based in Berlin, he released his first documentary film, The Absent Column, in 2013.

      MOST POPULAR ARTICLES

      Big Data and Analytics

      Alteryx’s Suresh Vittal on the Democratization of...

      James Maguire - May 31, 2022 0
      I spoke with Suresh Vittal, Chief Product Officer at Alteryx, about the industry mega-shift toward making data analytics tools accessible to a company’s complete...
      Read more
      Cybersecurity

      Visa’s Michael Jabbara on Cybersecurity and Digital...

      James Maguire - May 17, 2022 0
      I spoke with Michael Jabbara, VP and Global Head of Fraud Services at Visa, about the cybersecurity technology used to ensure the safe transfer...
      Read more
      Applications

      Cisco’s Thimaya Subaiya on Customer Experience in...

      James Maguire - May 10, 2022 0
      I spoke with Thimaya Subaiya, SVP and GM of Global Customer Experience at Cisco, about the factors that create good customer experience – and...
      Read more
      Cloud

      IGEL CEO Jed Ayres on Edge and...

      James Maguire - June 14, 2022 0
      I spoke with Jed Ayres, CEO of IGEL, about the endpoint sector, and an open source OS for the cloud; we also spoke about...
      Read more
      Cloud

      Yotascale CEO Asim Razzaq on Controlling Multicloud...

      James Maguire - May 5, 2022 0
      Asim Razzaq, CEO of Yotascale, provides guidance on understanding—and containing—the complex cost structure of multicloud computing. Among the topics we covered:  As you survey the...
      Read more
      Logo

      eWeek has the latest technology news and analysis, buying guides, and product reviews for IT professionals and technology buyers. The site’s focus is on innovative solutions and covering in-depth technical content. eWeek stays on the cutting edge of technology news and IT trends through interviews and expert analysis. Gain insight from top innovators and thought leaders in the fields of IT, business, enterprise software, startups, and more.

      Facebook
      Linkedin
      RSS
      Twitter
      Youtube

      Advertisers

      Advertise with TechnologyAdvice on eWeek and our other IT-focused platforms.

      Advertise with Us

      Menu

      • About eWeek
      • Subscribe to our Newsletter
      • Latest News

      Our Brands

      • Privacy Policy
      • Terms
      • About
      • Contact
      • Advertise
      • Sitemap
      • California – Do Not Sell My Information

      Property of TechnologyAdvice.
      © 2022 TechnologyAdvice. All Rights Reserved

      Advertiser Disclosure: Some of the products that appear on this site are from companies from which TechnologyAdvice receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site including, for example, the order in which they appear. TechnologyAdvice does not include all companies or all types of products available in the marketplace.

      ×